Courses Taught by Cleo Caldwell
HBEHED633: Social Networks and Social Support in Health Education
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Winter term(s) for residential students;
- 3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Cleo Caldwell (Residential);
- Not offered 2023-2024
- Prerequisites: Perm. Instr. and Grad Status
- Description: Review and analysis of theory and empirical evidence concerning social networks and social support and their relationship to health status and health behavior. Examines utilization of social networks in health education programs, e.g., family network interventions, self-help groups, "natural helpers", community organizing.

HBEHED660: Theory, Research and Practice in Adolescent Health
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Winter term(s) for residential students;
- 3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Cleo Caldwell (Residential);
- Offered every other year
- Not offered 2023-2024
- Prerequisites: Grad Status
- Description: Examines educational efforts designed to promote better health outcomes among adolescents. Review developmental theories, research, and interventions to promote health in this population. Addresses various contexts for intervention programs and their implications. Topics covered include, but are not limited to, the effects of peer and family influences on health, resiliency, violence, alcohol and drug use, and sexual behavior.
- Syllabus for HBEHED660

PUBHLTH508: Social Determinants of Health
- Graduate level
- Online MPH only
- This is a first year course for Online students
- Fall term(s) for online MPH students;
- 1 credit hour(s) for online MPH students;
- Instructor(s): Cleo Caldwell (Online MPH);
- Prerequisites: SPH MPH and SPH MHSA Residential Students Only or By Instructor Permission
- Description: This course is designed to increase students' awareness, knowledge, and understanding of issues related to behavioral, psychological, and structural factors that contribute to understanding population health and health inequities. We will discuss key roles of health professionals in ensuring equitable treatment at multiple levels of influence to enhance population health and reduce health inequities through opportunities to practice skill building using case studies, deliberative dialogues and active listening strategies. This course will have a hybrid style (online & in-class) of instruction.
- This course is required for the school-wide core curriculum
